Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-18
Lonsdale. "Why is he loanng about En-


the fight with the GhaZis st Gu1di- |
moolah."
"Indeed!n said Uncle Grimshaw mock |
iDgly, show well you seem up in his BIZ |
ography."
Melsnie blushed st her own energy, but |
her eyes were suffused with angry tears. |
, ga years leave from India" snorted I
Uncle Grinshew-"a years leave at the |
ratepayers' expense. When was st his |
sge, in Birchin-lane, q week or fort |
night in the year, for q run to Brighton !
or EastOourne, was all the leave ever sc |
corded to me!h
When left alone, Melanie looked w!st-
fully at her engagement ring. What q |
bitter farce it seemed just then, in her |
time Of bitter depression, woe, and NOR |
tifcation.
Should she take it of2-no-not yet;
| some affectionate superstition ef the |
heart withheld her from doing so.
The new situation seemed incredible.
The light seemed to have gee out of |
her life. See Montague and speedily she /
must; but where? Surely he wou1di
write or come to Rose Cottage without
delay, unless-but when she attempted |
to speculate further, her heart did with
In her.
CHAPTER All.-'A LONG ROAD FULL OE |
PAM
blight that seemed to have fe!ien .
upon the hitherto calm and almost con-
tented condition Of her helpless brother, /
now added greatly to the misery endured .
by Melanie, as she knew too well the g
cret source thereof, and yet felt unT.ll- 4
ing to approach the subject, as y was cae .
she was unable to relieve or remove.
But it was impossible for he not L
perceive that now the dark eyes OF Re-
gle wore at times strange and rcdowy
expression, as if his thoughts s., lvuld |
not fathom, or dreamed of TIL = she
knew not Of and yet saw too plainly IL
| her own peace.
The heart is said to nave sun e f.
own, that can shed light and .slty
around it; but his seemed set r,y-T
now.
His old brotherly regard for A,1v IA
become passion now; but /
which he dared not speak, frC y
sense of it's utter madneGs a. s..
Till Horace Musgrav0 nc .l
loved her secretly, fondly, al y
1t scarcely occurred to him -1
force that aught would come
them, to break the spell,
sweetness Of placid interCC ...
time would be when her Sc ~
longer to fall on his ear, or IT, ! q
her voice when she read 20 & Insl.Cr2d
with him.
Often when she and Musgra1 ere
present, he would start up as il he would
leave them, and shun their society, but
only started to sink back, helpless, on the
. couch he occupied by day.
He wished to avoid her presence, and
| U Uyll hpr Jph an @ 10
whole existence seemed paradox ".
Amy came, as was her wont, 10 SD
, talk with him when Melanie wa 60 30
or busy, but more seldom OF ri -
longer intervals, and thou - lily
grave countenance lighted Le
saw her, his manner treQu It's
: old sweetness aud became LIS,
even morose, even when G - YER
r him ss her piayfellow Of tn Ind
, ssroked his dark hair as Of OLE IL her
: soft, pretty, and child-like hand.
Then her breath would be on his cheek;
her lips so near his own, and yet he dared
rot kiss them-now especially.
Surely never since Tantalus in his
, agony Of thirst saw the impossible
. draught OF water so near him, and the
cluster OF luscious fruit that the wind took
beyond his reach, was there such pang
as the helpless fellow felt then.
l There was pititul ache in his heart,
with a sense OF desolation now-utter
desolation-unsatisfed longing, yearn-
i ing, and regret for the happiness that
E others had, and that fats had denied to
I him; and he writhed in his el-chsir,
amid the sunshine sDd 4" = the
: garden, when Amy CO ! the
: evening, after melanie IL
. CT ton, and in his glo i. re-
sented the exuberanC OF ~ Ilp-
Z piness.
"What would you have =, Reg
:. gie?" asked Amy, who 5egsL ave, SIS
r we have said, nervous dread or sense
Of the emotions she was exciting in the
Y poor fellows breast; yet, with all heI
|. pity, she was little piqued by his
3! churlish responses.
e "Say? do not know. OF course you
v cannot care for wnat l may think or feel
d why should your"
k Chow can you speak to me thus?"
o asked the girl sof ", but reproachfully
s "If you have ade up your mind
n "To whit" rerrunted Amy, while
the others gaze coed fixed on dis
" lance.
II sit Woult 3 md worse thar
useless to { your determine
|. ton, or to dissatisfied with
i what is, pei our advantage"
r "Would yc Use me?" said Amy
e blushing painfL.,. as she knew to what
q he referred so abruptly and mysteriously
: 81 am neither father or brother, nor
- relation Of any kind" said Reginald
IT captiouslv; $50 why should ! adviser"
?. "Nor 7 wish me well, dear Reggie?'
q 'You W, Amy, L would lay down
5, my mise ! lie for you.'
y "Pof 4, think you do care c
e little mes of me-"
e On IS, than you and many
g mo- becomes Of me-'such ,
% fin - COW, too' as people say
If pit - ne added, with bitter, bit
It 81 - y you don't mean the half O
what you say, n you are in one o
your captious moods, my poor naughty
e boy" replied the girl, sweetly, yet witt
D. break in her voice.
{" 81 mean that can be very little to you
q where love for another is concerned,
N ssiu he, coldly and half aside.
8 Amy changed color, and feeling tina
they werC On perilous ground, became
IT silent, and begsn to think she must cease
lie to visit the COTTAGE ct all; but then he
b very absence would excite remark
Young Talbot became silent, too, annie
q his sad convictions.
If This man, Horace Musgrave, loved her
Their home to the Door fellows hear
came, more keenly than ever, the knowl
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